| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 875. Two of a Trade |
| | | By Samuel Willoughby Duffield |
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| THE DRAGON-FLY and I together | |
| Sail up the stream in the summer weather; | |
| He at the stern all green and gold, | |
| And I at the oars, our course to hold. | |
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| Above the floor of the level river | 5 |
| The bent blades dip and spring and quiver; | |
| And the dragon-fly is here and there, | |
| Along the water and in the air. | |
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| And thus we go as the sunshine mellows; | |
| A pair of Nature’s merriest fellows; | 10 |
| For the Spanish cedar is light and true, | |
| And instead of one, it has carried two. | |
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| And thus we sail without care or sorrow, | |
| With trust for to-day and hope for to-morrow; | |
| He at the stern, all green and gold, | 15 |
| And I at the oars, our course to hold. | |
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